Word: cranston
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that would only conclude the Administration's negotiations with the Russians. Carter would then have to open negotiations with the deeply suspicious U.S. Senate. According to California's Alan Cranston, the upper chamber's Democratic whip: "It's going to be a tough battle, tougher than the Panama Canal treaties. If we had to take up SALT today, it probably wouldn't make it." Cranston notes that even advocates of arms control are reserving judgment on SALT II until they see the final shape of the accord. He estimates that roughly 40 Senators favor...
...ambassador and other Torrijos aides explained the minimum conditions they would require of the Senate for acceptance of the treaties. The role of Rogers meshed with the needs of the prime treaty strategists in the Senate, including Democratic Leader Robert Byrd, Republican Leader Howard Baker, Democratic Whip Alan Cranston and the treaty floor manager, Frank Church, who wanted firsthand information on Panamanian feelings...
...Alan Cranston (D-Calif.) wrote to President Marcos on December 2, 1977, calling for political exile for Aquino, Christine Cohagan, legislative assistant to Cranston, said yesterday...
...Anyone who shifts against the Panama treaties now would look flabby back home," observed Democratic Senator Alan Cranston of California. Added Majority Leader Robert Byrd: "Now that all the Senators have taken a stand, I believe that they'll stay there. We might even pick up one or two votes...
...then there's second base, which is handled by a certain Mr. Mike Stenhouse. Sten hit .475 and knocked in 40 runs last year as a freshman. Both are Harvard records, but believe it or not, underscore the fact that the sophomore from Cranston, R.I. is unconquerable by anything short of frontal lobotomy once he stands in at the plate. Another couple of seasons like the one past for the big guy and he can forget about graduate school...